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Shloka 27

इन्द्रजितो यज्ञानुष्ठानं अन्तर्धानं च

Indrajit’s Rite and the Invisible Assault

घनान्धकारेतिमिरेशरावर्षमिवाद्भुतम् ।स ववर्षमहाबाहुर्नाराचशरवृष्टिभिः ।।।।

ghanāndhakāre timire śarā-varṣam ivādbhutam | sa vavarṣa mahā-bāhur nārāca-śara-vṛṣṭibhiḥ || 6.80.27 ||

ท่ามกลางความมืดทึบดุจเมฆและราตรีอันมืดมน มหาพาหุผู้นั้นโปรยปรายฝนศรอันน่าอัศจรรย์ เป็นห่าฝนแห่งศรนาราจา

घनान्धकारेin cloud-like darkness
घनान्धकारे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootघन + अन्धकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (cloud-darkness)
तिमिरेin gloom
तिमिरे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootतिमिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
शरावर्षम्a shower of arrows
शरावर्षम्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeNoun
Rootशर + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (rain of arrows)
इवlike
इव:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-वाचक अव्यय
अद्भुतम्marvelous
अद्भुतम्:
कर्म (Karma)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (marvelous)
सःhe
सः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
ववर्षrained/showered
ववर्ष:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootवृष् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed one
महाबाहुः:
कर्ता (Kartā)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (one whose arms are great)
नाराचशरवृष्टिभिःwith showers of iron-arrows and arrows
नाराचशरवृष्टिभिः:
करण (Karaṇa)
TypeNoun
Rootनाराच + शर + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (rains/showers consisting of iron-arrows and arrows)

The mighty armed Indrajith showered rocks and hails of steel arrows in that pitch darkness like the darkness of clouds.

I
Indrajit
N
Nārāca arrows
D
Darkness (timira)

FAQs

The verse underscores how adharma amplifies harm through confusion and concealment; dharma calls for courage that does not collapse under fear-inducing conditions.

With the battlefield darkened, Indrajit intensifies the assault by raining down heavy volleys of nārāca arrows.

For those attacked, kṣānti and dhairya—patient endurance and steadiness amid terror and uncertainty.